[Renaissance miscellany]

Name:

Alberti, Leon Battista, 1404-1472; Aurispa, Giovanni, approximately 1376-1459; Barbaro, Francesco, approximately1398-1484; Beccadelli, Antonio, 1394-1471; Bracciolini, Poggio, 1380-1459; Bruni, Leonardo, 1369-1444; Carbone, Ludovico, 1430?-1485?; Cermisoni, Antonio; Cicero, Marcus Tullius; Este, Leonello d', 1407-1450; Giustiniani, Leonardo, approximately 1388-1446; Guarino, Veronese, 1374-1460; Livy; Loschi, Antonio, -1441; Lucian, of Samosata; Maria, Filippo; Medici, Cosimo de', 1389-1464; Petrarca, Francesco, 1304-1374

Timespan:

Early works to 1800; 476-1492

Date:

1459

Description:

Miscellany of materials from Renaissance and classical authors, including Leonardo Bruni, Poggio Bracciolini, Cicero, and Livy.

Language:

Latin

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Lancinus Curtius, Milan, 1484 (f. 1r, 105r).; Formerly owned by Dean Putnam Lockwood, Haverford, Pennsylvania, 1946.; Sold by William H. Allen (Philadelphia), 1947.; Curtius, Lancinus, former owner.; Lockwood, Dean Putnam, 1883- former owner.

Relation:

Collation model: https://repository.upenn.edu/sims_models/145

Subject:

Aurispa, Giovanni, approximately 1376-1459; Strozzi, Nanni, 1376-1427; Zeno, Carlo, 1334-1418; Education -- Early works to 1800; Education; Epigrams, Latin (Medieval and modern); Funeral orations -- Early works to 1800; Latin letters, Medieval and modern; Latin literature, Medieval and modern; Funeral orations; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Codices; Correspondence; Letters; Manuscripts, Latin; Manuscripts, Renaissance; manuscripts (documents)

Physical Description:

105 leaves : paper; 231 x 169 (157 x 110) mm bound to 235 x 170 mm

Geographic Subject:

Florence (Italy); Italy -- History -- 476-1492; Italy

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Ms. codex.; Table of contents: 1. f.1r: Laudatio clarissimi vir Nannis Stroze equitis Florentini / Leonardo Aretino.; Table of contents: 2. f.11v: Contentio de presidentia P. Scipionis, Hanibalis et Alexandri / Lucian.; Table of contents: 3. f.14r: Collatio facta inter Scipionem Romanum, Alexandrum Macedonem, Annibalem Penum et Pyrhum Epirotharum regem, qui eorum prestantior fuerit / Franciscus Petrarca.; Table of contents: 4. f.19r: Libellus de virtute conquerente / Pseudo-Lucian.; Table of contents: 5. f.20r: Comperatio P. Scipionis et C. Julii Caesaris / Poggio.; Table of contents: 6. f.26r: Epistola ad illustrem dominum Leonellum Estensem / Guarinus Veronensis.; Table of contents: 7. f.26v: Letter to Poggio concerning the comparison between Caesar and Scipio / Guarinus Veronensis.; Table of contents: 8. f.45r: Epistola ad clarissimum virum Cosimam de Medicis / Poggio.; Table of contents: 9. f.45r: Disceptatio habita inter doctissimos viros Nicolaum Niccolum et Carolum Aretinum: an seni sit uxor ducenda / Poggio.; Table of contents: 10. f.52r: Oratio habita in funere clarissimi Caroli Zeno / Leonardo Justinianus.; Table of contents: 11. f.58r: Epistola apud illustrem dominu[m] Leonellum Marchionem Estensem / Poggio.; Table of contents: 12. f.58v: Epistola ad clarissimum virum Franciscum Barbarum civem Venetum / Poggio.; Table of contents: 13. f.59r: Defensio contra Guarini oppugnationes de prestantia Cesaris et Scipionis / Poggio.; Table of contents: 14. f.78v: Epistola ad divu[m] p[ri]ncipem Phillippu[m] Mariam / Antonio Panormita.; Table of contents: 15. f.79v: Responsio Antonio / Phillipus Maria.; Table of contents: 16. f.80r: Alia responsio duci Mediolani / Antonio Panormita.; Table of contents: 17. f.81r: Epistola ad Aluysium Crottum / Antonio Panormita.; Table of contents: 18. f.83v: Argumentum Pompeiane.; Table of contents: 19. f.84r: De laudibus G. N. Pompei oratio / M. T. Cicero.; Table of contents: 20. f.96v: Four distichs.; Table of contents: 21. f.97r: Legislative acts from the republican period / Rome.; Table of contents: 22. f.101r: Extract: the repeal of the Lex Oppia.; Table of contents: 23. f.105v: Pillule / Antonius Cermisonus.; No overall title in the text; title from Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue.; Collation: I¹⁰, II⁴, III³, (IV-X)¹⁰, XI⁸, XII¹⁰ (Stillman). Link to collation model at end of record.; Foliation: Paper, ii + 105 + i; [ii], 1-105, [i], contemporary foliation in black ink.; Layout: Written in a single column of 31 lines, frame-ruled in ink and lead.; Script: Written in one hand, in an Italian humanistic script.; Decoration: The initial at the start of the introduction to the first work is ornamented with green, pink, and blue (1r.); the initial at the start of the first work proper is ornamented with purple (1v.). Most works begin with a red initial; titles and names of characters in dialogues are written in red.; Binding: 18th-century vellum with a few worm holes.; Watermark: Several folios bear the watermark of a crown that is not included in Briquet's Les Filigranes (Stillman).; Origin: Written in Italy, between between 1459 and 1484 (Stillman).; Incipit (1st work): Eloquentissimi viri Leonardi Aretini prefatio in laudatione clarissimi viri Nannis Stroze equitis Florentini. [Exp.] ... honore et perpetua civium suorum commendatione [felicem?]. Finis.; Incipit (2nd work): Contentio de presidentia P. Scipionis, Hanibalis et Alexandri ex Luciano auctore greco latina facta per Johannem Aurispam. [Exp.] Et Alexander secundus sit et tertius si nidet Annibal [haec?] hic quidem spernendus est. Finis.; Incipit (3rd work): Francisci Petrarce clarissimi poete et hystoria singularis collatio facta inter Scipionem Romanum, Alexandrum Macedonem, Annibalem Penum et Pyrhum Epirotharum regem quis eorum prestantior fuerit. [Exp.] ... ipse Annibal. Aliquantoque facilius fuit. Finis.; Incipit (4th work): Luciani philosophi libellus de virtute conquerente in quo introducitur Mercurius ... [Exp.] Virtus: Eternum lamentandum est. Ego nuda ac despecta abeo. Finis.; Incipit (5th work): Comperatio P. Scipionis et C. Julii Cesaris edita per Pogium virum disertissimum. [Exp.] Vale. Florentie quarto Idus Aprilis.; Incipit (6th work): Epistola Guarini Veronensis viri doctissimi ad illustrem dominum Leonellum Estensem. [Exp.] ... pro tua severitate se[nte]ntiam proferes. Vale.; Incipit (7th work): Guarinus Veronensis impatiens quod Pogius scripserit Scipionem praestare Caesari ... [Exp.] ... et docti et diserti viri rerum scriptoris nomen et preconium consignari. Vale.; Incipit (8th work): Epistola Pogii viri disertissimi ad clarissimum meum Cos[i]mam de Medicis. [Exp.] ... necessaria in oblivionem laberentur. Vale.; Incipit (9th work): Disceptatio habita inter doctissimos viros Nicolaum Niccolum et Carolinum Aretinum. An seni sit uxor ducenda -- per Pogiu[m] scripta. [Exp.] ... ne cum dicta essent [?] eximus. Finis.; Incipit (10th work): Leonardi Justiniani Veneti viri [patertii?] oratio habita in funere clarissimi viri Caroli Zeno. [Exp.] Sed et imitatione quoque ac opere declaremus. Finis.; Incipit (11th work): Poggius Florentinus vir disertissimus per moleste secens q[uod] Guarin[us] Veronensis ad eum tam contumeliose scripserit in defendendo Cesarem edidit libellum in quo susceptam causam Scipionis defendit et ante ora[tionem] p[er] hanc ep[isto]lam se excusat apud illustrem dominu[m] Leonellum Marchionem Estensem. [Exp.] ... quod tu senseris sentire volo ac tuo indicio assentiri. Vale.; Incipit (12th work): Epistola eiusdem Poggius ad clarissimum virum Franciscum Barbarum civem Venetum. [Exp.] ... vel me vel Guarinum vel utcumque aut temeritatis aut ignorantie accusabis. Vale.; Incipit (13th work): Sequitur libellus [?] defensio Poggii Florentini contra Guarini oppugnationes d[e] prestantia Cesaris et Scipio[n]is. [Exp.] Vale et parce longitudini me[a]e. Ex Florentia.; Incipit (14th work): Epistola Antonii Panormite ad divu[m] p[ri]ncipem Phillippu[m] Mariam. [Exp.] Magna quidem coniectura probitatis est et laus non ultima principi et summo viro collibuisse. Vale.; Incipit (15th work): Responsio divi p[ri]ncipis Philippi Marie ducisM[i]l[an]i Anto[n]io s[upra]s[crip]to. [Exp.] ... ut alter alterius possit gaudere p[raese]ntia. Vale.; Incipit (16th work): Alia responsio Antonii Panormite p[rae]libato duci Mediolani. [Exp.] ... tum locum mihi decernere quo melius id possim aggrediar idque perficiam. Vale spes Musarum.; Incipit (17th work): Epistola Antonii Panormite ad Aluysium Crottum ducalem ... [Exp.] Vale meum decus. Ex Papia.; Incipit (18th work): Argumentum Pompeiane. Cicero creatus pretor Romanus ... [Exp.] ... eloquentia contraria argumenta confutat.; Incipit (19th work): M. T. Ciceronis de laudibus G. N. Pompei oratio incipit. [Exp.] ... meis omnibus commodis et rationibus preferre opportere. Finis.; Incipit (20th work): Solvite Pierides contuso pectore ... [Exp.] ... fractus contegitur lapide.; Incipit (21st work): Caius Sextus Pompeius Strabo veteribus incolis ... [Exp.] ... maiestatem minuisset capitalis esset.; Incipit (22nd work): Inter bellorum magnorum strages ac vix dum ... [Exp.] vicensimo primo anno post abrogata est [?] lata.; Incipit (23rd work): Pillule Mag[ist]ri Antonii Cermisoni. [Exp.] ... in sole sicut siccantur [alifangine?].; Work 4, attributed to Lucian in the manuscript, is by Leon Battista Alberti (Zacour-Hirsch Catalogue).; Work 20, with no attribution in the manuscript and listed as anonymous by Zacour-Hirsch, is by Ludovico Carbone (Stillman).; Folios 1r. and 105r. have the inscription, "Liber Lancini Curtii artiu[m] scolaris m[edio]l[an]en[sis] 1484."; A description of this manuscript (typescript, 1977) by Carol Stillman is in the library's file.; Latin.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, Ms. Codex 829